| Secret Ceremony | |
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| Directed by | Joseph Losey |
| Written by | George Tabori |
| Starring | Elizabeth Taylor Mia Farrow Robert Mitchum |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1968 |
| Running time | 105 min. Joseph Losey ( January 14, 1909 in La Crosse Wisconsin – June 22, 1984 in George Tabori George Tabori ( May Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow, known as Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American Actress. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American |
| Country | U.K. |
| Language | English |
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Secret Ceremony is a 1968 film, produced in Britain and released by Universal Pictures. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American It stars Elizabeth Taylor, Mia Farrow, Robert Mitchum, Pamela Brown, and Peggy Ashcroft. Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932) is a two-time Academy Award -winning English-American actress Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow, known as Mia Farrow (born February 9, 1945) is an American Actress. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum ( August 6, 1917 &ndash July 1, 1997) was an Academy Award nominated American film For other persons named Pamela Brown see Pamela Brown (disambiguation. Dame Peggy Ashcroft DBE ( 22 December, 1907 &ndash 14 June, 1991) was an acclaimed Academy Award -winning English Joseph Losey directed, from a script by George Tabori. Joseph Losey ( January 14, 1909 in La Crosse Wisconsin – June 22, 1984 in George Tabori George Tabori ( May
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Plot
Taylor plays a prostitute despondent over the death of her daughter. Prostitution is the act of performing Sexual activity in exchange for Money. Mia Farrow is a lonely young woman who is immediately attracted to Taylor and practically adopts her as her mother. Mitchum, Farrow's stepfather, intrudes into this make-believe mother and daughter relationship, and tragedy ensues.
Reception
Critics
Critical reception of the film has tended to be mixed, with some critics essentially maintaining that it is a bad film but yet one that can be enjoyed due to a certain camp quality evident in Losey's mise-en-scène and the actors' performances. Mise-en-scène (mizɑ̃sɛn is an expression used in the theatre and film worlds to describe the design aspects of a production However, other film analysts regard the film as compelling because of its deep psychological portraits. Taylor's performance has been characterized as occasionally tacky, but justified by the fact that she is playing a prostitute and mother at the same time. Fans of the film cite its many moments of heart-rending emotional truth in the character, which Taylor conveys effortlessly. The role has been called one of her best ever. Farrow's performance is referred to by fans as outstanding, and Mitchum as the perverted stepfather has been described as nothing short of searing.
The chief set of the film, the house where Farrow lives, was originally a mansion in Kensington, London, decorated in the style of Art Nouveau. Kensington is a district of West London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, located west of Charing Cross. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Art Nouveau ( nu vo anglicised /ˈɑːt nuːvəu/ ( French for 'new art' also known as Jugendstil ( German for 'youth style' is an international Losey was famous for his so-called baroque style which he put to full use showing off the architecture of the set. Baroque art redirects here Please disambiguate such links to Baroque painting, Baroque sculpture, etc
There are apparently varying versions of the film, the result of Universal Pictures' tampering with Losey's original cut, possibly to de-emphasize the Lesbian aspects of the Taylor-Farrow relationship. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American A lesbian is a Woman who is romantically or sexually attracted only to other women Writer Harlan Ellison has noted in many articles that Universal Studios executives tend to savage their own films to the point of vandalism. Harlan Jay Ellison (born May 27, 1934) is a prolific American Writer of Short stories, Novellas, Teleplays Vandalism is the behaviour attributed to the Vandals in respect of Culture: ruthless Destruction or spoiling of anything beautiful or Venerable
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